West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-31
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
VIE bROOKLNN DIVINE'S SUN.
DAY SERMON.
subject: "ChCcr For the Dishcnrt.
cncd.' Preached at Kan.
Sas city, Mo-
r.-l,I.,, l'Exr: NO man cared Tor my soul

IExr: No man cared Tor my so,i'-
Psalms cNlii., T.
David. tho rubicund lad had become the
battle worn warrior Three thousand armed
men IN pursuit OF him, no had hidden i'm tho
cave OF Engcdi. noar tho coast of tho Dcol
Sea. Utterly tagged out with the pursuit a.
you have often Occn worn ont with the trials
OF life, hc Sat down and cried out: ''No man
cared for my soul "
III you should fUll through a Ia tcllwav. or
slip from SCaifolding, or drop throuTh n
/ skNhght, there would hc hundrcdS OF pcople
VINO would come around and pick up Your
oodN and carry It 10 your home OF to the
hospital saw great crowd of paOplp i'm
the strrct, and | asked: What is the muttcrt'
anu found ont that poor laboring man had
tallen under sunstrokc; amt all our ewes wen,
nll'd with tears at the thought of his dis
uaGted wife and his dcspluto home
We are all sympathetic with physicol Iis,s-
| Ter but how little sympathy for spiritual
woes There are men in this house who have
% %solho 10 inld- ne who have never yet been once
! personally aCCostcd about their eternal wei
lidN. great sermon dropped into an anli-
! mcc OF hundreds of thousands will doits work
| out n this world is over to be brought To- God
| u VIII be through little sermons preached TO
| private Christians, 10 an audience OF one
Inc sisters letter postmarkcd at the
/ Nillagc-the word uttered i'm your
/ hearing, half OF smiles aud half of tcars-tbo
/ rehSlous postscript 20 business lettcr-the
\ card left at the door when you had some kind
/ OF trouble-the anxious look OF somo ono
/ across church aisle while an earnest sermon
was being preached, swung you into the h inc
| uon OF Hod But there are hundreds of poo
PIC IN Ihls mouse who viii take the word that
David used I'm the past tense, and employ IL
IN tho present tensc, and cry out; NO man
cares for my soul
You feel as YOU go out day 10y day in tho
\ tug and Jostlc OF life that il is every man for
\ hinSolt. ON can endure tho pressure of
/ commercial affairs, and would consider NJ nj
n0st impairment for any ono 10 ask you
| whether you arc making or losing money
buJ Jhere have been times when YOU would
/ nave drawn your check for thousands OF dol
\ lars IL some would only help your soul ont of
/ It's perpleNlttcs There are questions about
| your higher destiny that ache and distract,
! ana ngonize you at times. Let no ono sun
/ pose that because You arc busy all dnv with
/ hardware, or drygOods, or groceries or grain
| mat your thoughts are no longer than your
| lari SUCK, ana stop at the brass headed nails
/ Dt the store counter. When YOU speak once
\ lbOut religious things YOU think 5000 times
! lhey cail you n worldling. You arc not a
\ Norldng. or course YOU arc Industrious
ihl Keep busy, but YOU have had your eyes
/ opened 10 the realities of the next world
| on are not fool. You know better
/ than any one can tell. You know that n
/ Few years at most viii wind up your earthly
| engagements, and that YOU will take resi-
! dcnce ln distant sphere where all ynur
| business adroitncss would bo n supornuitv
/ You sometimes think till your head aches
\ about great religious subjects. You go down
I III.
/ ment, obllNiouS Of the passing multitudos
| your thoughts gone on eternal expedition
! You wonder IL the Bible is true. how rnucb ~
| ~ IL literal and how much is hgurative law
/ ~, IL CnrAt ne uod II there IS anything like rot
| ribntion, If you are immortal, IL a rcsur-
! rcciion VIII ever take place what the occuna-
\ ton Of your departed kindred u.s. yybat vot,
/ VIII be lO'VD years from now. With cult
/ urcd placidltY Of countenance you nre ON
! fire with agitations OF soul. OH, this solitary
| anxiety Of your whole lifetimei You bovo
! sod goods TO or bought them from Christian
| people for ten years, and they have never
! whlspered ono word OF spiritual counsel You
/ nave passed up and down the aiSles OF
| churches with men who knew that you had
/ no nope OF heaven, and talked about tho
| weather and about your physical health and
sDouJ everything but that concerning which
| you most wanted 10 hear them spcnk viz
\ your everlasting spirit Times without mum.
\ Der you have felt IN your heart If Won hnve
not uttered u with your lips: "No man cares
I Tor my soul"
/ There have boon timos when Won were oqr,e
| ciaIy pllablc on the great subject OF no
! ngion IL was 50, for instance, after Won had
/ lost Your property. You had a great many
! Ie1tciS bIo"ing you up for being unfortunate
/ You showed that there had been concatona.
/ hon OF circumstances and that your ineol
vency was no fault Of yours Your creditor
/ talked 10 you rs though they would have 1OC
cents on the dollar or-your life $Protest after
| protest tuinbled in on your desk Men who
\ used 70 take your hand with both Of theirs
/ and shake IT violently, now pass you on the
street with an almost impcrccptible nod Az
| Usr SIX or gght hours Of scalding business
/ anxiety you go home Gnd you shut the door
/ and throw yourself on the sofa aud YOU feel
\ IN a state Of despair. You wish TINT sgtno
\ one would come in and break up the gloom.
/ ENcrylhln8 seems ~ be against yOu-the
] Oahk against YOU Your creditors AGAINST
you. Your friends suddenly become criti-
| sil against you. All the past agniuet Won
/ All the future against you. You mako rc
/ oroachtul outery: "NO man cares for my
/ There was another occasion whom OH n,
] loors Of your heart swmg opon for s1crod
/ influences bright light went out iu youi
/ household Within three or four days there
I were cOmpre17cd sickness, death, o5seJuios
I You wer" go lonely tiIt lU1 people cYmu.
T INTO The house did uY' hr.us 100 tI. ..'.tIri
nr-s. You were almost Killed with tI.
/ domestic calamity IS l.t lurmuI perfume
{ tory words NJ consolation tg.so uttered .u tII.
STAIRS before YOU went tD th. -rHte. Nut sou
] wanted r1mo one to come auI talk u..f ft..
. whole matter and rocito thr uHp.intioi.. auI
deciphcr the lessons of tlr dark bereavement
B no one came MANY time ypl could u.f
I sleep until or O'Clock boo the morning. uuu
I ih'u your Sleep was 70 troubled dream u.
which wore rn enacted aII fIIn -,pueu uI .i..ll...
nud parting nul dissolution Du what a4ta
hh4 nfghi- they were $50 Iluu seemed fl
core foI your soul
lherr was another occasion when .o.I
/ heart H1e very susceptible TI.r.t,a. 90 .,r.It
! awakening here wnfe hWdr.d. Yf u.ariU
who pressed into tbn kingdom Yr goi .lue
"i lh.iu acquaintance. -lIn. hIHu.. Hs.
at- Ne- IfIhnIr. some moiuI ..r- YI tuurD.,n
Inimiy "eit i1pii-ed by spfiuLIuE ur .mmar
.l'u. Christian people Thought uf t0u and
they called nt your store huf t.u ..rrp ont ua.
busine.s They stopped of your house. t1l
uad gone around tD spend ihr ryeumE IIr.
'nt a kindly message fu fuu. .ausl..,
hy accident. Fpu did uY. F.fit TH. II.IuIf
or ihe gospel swept through fn. SURF HuI
eF,ffirdf seemed tD got iu bot SOU EsU..
tnlIt -eoinoi t0 escape Fpu Ono touch lf
personal sympathy would have Ur.InI t.u
ini' th" kingdom nl Col Whom lu .Dmrul.
. lph 1af Your friends went m and your Sons
eud daughters went into the church. Won
. hurcl your face iu your handkerchief and
soDtod Why am ] loft out. Er.r.brTv
secms to get saved but me $50 man caro-. flr
my soul'
HaarkCn 20 revelation have fl mako M
H tLhfiIuE 1i"Unuf If WIU .l s.Iru.f.o
you that ] must prove DO ns e0 ou Instead
pi tns Total indifference aIl about you Iu rn
gard o. Your soul r have to toH Won f14t
heaven, earth and he'll are after your Irnmor.
iai spirit earth to cheat if hclI b. DESTROY .t
7 heaven TO redeem it Although Won mav be
p stranger 90 the Christians iu this houae
iheir Iaees would glow and their heart. would
bolnd 30 thoy saW you make one stop heaven.
Ward. SO intricate and far reaching h. tuiq
web oi sympathy That could by ono word
rouse a great many prayers in V0ur behalf